1920 Columbia Lions football team

The 1920 Columbia Lions football team was an American football team that represented Columbia University as an independent during the 1920 college football season. In his first season, head coach Frank "Buck" O'Neill led the team to a 4–4 record, but the Lions were outscored 141 to 75 by opponents.[1]

1920 Columbia Lions football
ConferenceIndependent
1920 record4–4
Head coachFrank "Buck" O'Neill (1st season)
CaptainJohn F. Kienninger
Home stadiumSouth Field, Polo Grounds
1920 Eastern college football independents records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Boston College      8 0 0
Harvard      8 0 1
Princeton      6 0 1
Penn State      7 0 2
Pittsburgh      6 0 2
Army      7 2 0
Dartmouth      7 2 0
Cornell      6 2 0
Syracuse      6 2 1
Geneva      5 2 1
New Hampshire      5 2 1
Brown      6 3 0
Wash. & Jeff.      6 3 1
Penn      6 4 0
Carnegie Tech      5 3 0
Lafayette      5 3 0
Williams      5 3 0
Yale      5 3 0
Fordham      4 3 0
Franklin & Marshall      3 2 2
Columbia      4 4 0
Duquesne      3 3 1
NYU      2 5 1
Rhode Island State      0 4 4
Tufts      2 6 0
Rutgers      2 7 0
Colgate      1 5 2
Villanova      1 5 1
Drexel      0 6 0

The team played most of its games on South Field, part of the university's campus in Morningside Heights in Upper Manhattan.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 2 Trinity (CT)
  • South Field
  • New York, NY
W 21–0 8,000 [2]
October 9 NYU
  • South Field
  • New York, NY
W 14–7 12,000 [3]
October 16 Amherst
  • South Field
  • New York, NY
W 20–7 8,000 [4]
October 23 Wesleyan (CT)
  • South Field
  • New York, NY
L 0–10 9,000 [5]
October 30 Williams
  • South Field
  • New York, NY
W 20–14 [1]
November 6 Swarthmore
  • South Field
  • New York, NY
L 7–21 [1]
November 13 at Cornell L 7–34 [1]
November 20 Penn L 7–27 28,000 [6]
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References

  1. "Columbia Football 2019 Record Book". New York, N.Y.: Columbia University. p. 212. Retrieved June 15, 2020.
  2. "Columbia Crushes Trinity in Opener". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. October 3, 1920. p. 23.
  3. "Columbia Trounces N.Y.U. Eleven, 14-7". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. November 24, 1920. p. RE1.
  4. "Columbia Eleven Keeps on Winning". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. October 17, 1920. p. RE2.
  5. "Wesleyan Bantams Wallop Columbia". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. October 24, 1920. p. RE2.
  6. "Columbia Soundly Trounced by Penn". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. November 21, 1920. p. RE1.
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